Family |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Hatch size
|
Average Adult Male SVL
|
Average Adult Female SVL
|
Average number of Offspring
|
Egg layer
o=EggLaying
(oviparous)
v=LiveBirth
(viviparous)
|
Minimum Male Breedng SVL
|
Minimum Female Breeding SVL
|
|
|
|
|
Arochordidae |
|
|
|
|
Arafura filesnake |
Acrochordus arafurae |
36
|
105
|
135
|
17
|
v
|
79
|
101
|
|
Little filesnake |
Acrochordus granulatus |
|
59
|
60
|
4
|
v
|
44
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
|
|
Black-headed python |
Aspidites melanocephalus |
55
|
156
|
159
|
8
|
o
|
117
|
119
|
|
Woma |
Aspidites ramsayi |
39
|
148
|
158
|
14
|
o
|
111
|
119
|
|
Green python |
Chondropython viridis |
30
|
100
|
129
|
12
|
o
|
75
|
97
|
|
Children's python |
Liasis childreni |
23
|
69
|
72
|
7
|
o
|
52
|
54
|
|
Water python |
Liasis fuscus |
42
|
130
|
147
|
10
|
o
|
98
|
110
|
|
Queensland children's python |
Liasis maculosus |
24
|
77
|
84
|
13
|
o
|
58
|
63
|
|
Olive python |
Liasis olivaceus |
44
|
176
|
190
|
16
|
o
|
132
|
143
|
|
Pygmy python |
Liasis perthensis |
17
|
45
|
47
|
5
|
o
|
34
|
35
|
|
Stimson's python |
Liasis stimsoni |
24
|
88
|
85
|
6
|
o
|
66
|
64
|
|
Scrub python |
Morelia amethystina |
75
|
192
|
233
|
11
|
o
|
144
|
175
|
|
Diamond and Carpet python |
Morelia spilota |
32
|
130
|
151
|
21
|
o
|
98
|
113
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colubridae |
|
|
|
|
Brown tree snake |
Bioga irregularis |
30
|
104
|
96
|
6
|
o
|
78
|
72
|
|
Bockadam |
Cerberus rhynchops |
15
|
48
|
59
|
7
|
v
|
36
|
44
|
|
Northern tree snake |
Dendrelaphis calligastra |
|
76
|
87
|
7
|
o
|
57
|
65
|
|
Common Tree snake |
Dendrelaphis punctulatus |
24
|
82
|
96
|
8
|
o
|
62
|
72
|
|
Macleay's water snake |
Enhydris polylepis |
19
|
53
|
64
|
12
|
v
|
40
|
48
|
|
White-bellied mangrove snake |
Fordonia leucobalia |
16
|
49
|
51
|
6
|
v
|
37
|
38
|
|
Richardson's mangrove snake |
Myron richardsoni |
10
|
26
|
31
|
6
|
v
|
20
|
23
|
|
Slatey-grey snake |
Stegonotus cucullatus |
24
|
95
|
84
|
12
|
o
|
71
|
63
|
|
Keelback |
Tropidonophis mairii |
15
|
49
|
58
|
9
|
o
|
37
|
44
|
|
|
|
|
Elapidae |
|
|
|
|
Death adder |
Acanthophis antarcticus |
12
|
44
|
58
|
8
|
v
|
33
|
44
|
|
Pygmy copperhead |
Austrelaps labialis |
14
|
48
|
43
|
7
|
v
|
36
|
32
|
|
Highlands copperhead |
Austrelaps ramsayi |
14
|
74
|
64
|
15
|
v
|
56
|
48
|
|
Lowland copperhead |
Austrelaps superbus |
17
|
76
|
67
|
15
|
v
|
57
|
50
|
|
White-crowned snake |
Cacophis harriettae |
15
|
29
|
36
|
5
|
o
|
22
|
27
|
|
Dwarf crowned snake |
Cacophis krefftii |
10
|
24
|
26
|
3
|
o
|
18
|
20
|
|
Golden-crowned snake |
Cacophis squamulosus |
16
|
39
|
51
|
6
|
o
|
29
|
38
|
|
Black whipsnake |
Demansia atra |
18
|
79
|
73
|
8
|
o
|
59
|
55
|
|
Olive whipsnake |
Demansia olivacea |
17
|
46
|
43
|
4
|
o
|
35
|
32
|
|
Yellow-faced whipsnake |
Demansia psammophis |
17
|
57
|
53
|
6
|
o
|
43
|
40
|
|
Collared whipsnake |
Demansia torquata |
17
|
54
|
51
|
4
|
o
|
41
|
38
|
|
De Vis' banded snake |
Denisonia devisi |
11
|
33
|
34
|
5
|
v
|
25
|
26
|
|
Ornamental snake |
Denisonia maculata |
12
|
28
|
34
|
7
|
v
|
21
|
26
|
|
Crowned snake |
Drysdalia coronata |
13
|
32
|
32
|
4
|
v
|
24
|
24
|
|
White -lipped snake |
Drysdalia coronoides |
10
|
29
|
30
|
5
|
v
|
22
|
23
|
|
Masters' snake |
Drysdalia mastersi |
8
|
22
|
23
|
3
|
v
|
17
|
17
|
|
Blue Mountains crowned snake |
Drysdalia rhodogaster |
11
|
30
|
31
|
5
|
v
|
23
|
23
|
|
Bardick |
Echiopsis curta |
13
|
29
|
34
|
7
|
v
|
22
|
26
|
|
Short-nosed snake |
Elapognathus minor |
9
|
29
|
34
|
10
|
v
|
22
|
26
|
|
Red-naped snake |
Furina diadema |
12
|
24
|
27
|
3
|
o
|
18
|
20
|
|
Northern red-naped snake |
Furina ornata |
12
|
29
|
37
|
4
|
o
|
22
|
28
|
|
Brown-headed snake |
Furina tristis |
|
61
|
58
|
6
|
o
|
46
|
44
|
|
Yellow-naped snake |
Furina barnardi |
12
|
29
|
44
|
8
|
o
|
22
|
33
|
|
Grey snake |
Hemiaspis damelii |
14
|
40
|
43
|
10
|
v
|
30
|
32
|
|
Black-bellied swamp snake |
Hemiaspis signata |
13
|
41
|
38
|
10
|
v
|
31
|
29
|
|
Pale-headed snake |
Hoplocephalus bitorquatus |
20
|
46
|
52
|
5
|
v
|
35
|
39
|
|
Broad-headed snake |
Hoplocephalus bungaroides |
20
|
55
|
57
|
6
|
v
|
41
|
43
|
|
Stephens' banded snake |
Hoplocephalus stephensi |
20
|
64
|
69
|
6
|
v
|
48
|
52
|
|
Tigersnake |
Notechis scutatus |
19
|
82
|
81
|
23
|
v
|
62
|
61
|
|
Inland Taipan |
Oxyuranus microlepidotus |
34
|
132
|
144
|
16
|
o
|
99
|
108
|
|
Taipan |
Oxyuranus scutellatus |
30
|
156
|
145
|
11
|
o
|
117
|
109
|
|
King brown snake |
Pseudechis australis |
25
|
126
|
103
|
9
|
o
|
95
|
77
|
|
Spotted mulga snake |
Pseudechis butleri |
25
|
104
|
93
|
10
|
o
|
78
|
70
|
|
Collett's snake |
Pseudechis colletti |
33
|
132
|
124
|
12
|
o
|
99
|
93
|
|
Spotted black snake |
Pseudechis guttatus |
22
|
103
|
102
|
12
|
o
|
77
|
77
|
|
Common blacksnake |
Pseudechis porphyriacus |
22
|
106
|
93
|
12
|
v
|
80
|
70
|
|
Gwardar, "carinata" type |
Pseudonaja "nuchalis" |
22
|
101
|
92
|
14
|
o
|
76
|
69
|
|
Gwardar, "Darwin" type |
Pseudonaja "nuchalis" |
22
|
95
|
81
|
12
|
o
|
71
|
61
|
|
Gwardar, "orange" type |
Pseudonaja "nuchalis" |
20
|
91
|
86
|
11
|
o
|
68
|
65
|
|
Gwardar, "southern" type |
Pseudonaja "nuchalis" |
21
|
89
|
85
|
11
|
o
|
67
|
64
|
|
Dugite |
Pseudonaja affinis |
22
|
109
|
109
|
15
|
o
|
82
|
82
|
|
Speckled brownsnake |
Pseudonaja guttata |
20
|
68
|
71
|
6
|
o
|
51
|
53
|
|
Eyre Peninsula brownsnake |
Pseudonaja inframacula |
20
|
93
|
83
|
10
|
o
|
70
|
62
|
|
Ingram's brownsnake |
Pseudonaja ingrami |
23
|
120
|
123
|
15
|
o
|
90
|
92
|
|
Ringed brownsnake |
Pseudonaja modesta |
13
|
32
|
37
|
6
|
o
|
24
|
28
|
|
Eastern brownsnake |
Pseudonaja tixtilis |
19
|
109
|
98
|
16
|
o
|
82
|
74
|
|
Square-nosed snake |
Rhinoplocephalus bicolor |
12
|
35
|
33
|
3
|
v
|
26
|
25
|
|
Eastern small-eyed snake |
Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens |
15
|
45
|
38
|
4
|
v
|
34
|
29
|
|
Northern small-eyed snake |
Rhinoplocephaus pallidiceps |
15
|
38
|
43
|
4
|
v
|
29
|
32
|
|
Desertbanded snake |
Simoselaps anomala |
8
|
17
|
18
|
3
|
o
|
13
|
14
|
|
Northwestern shovel-nosed snake |
Simoselaps approximans |
9
|
28
|
28
|
3
|
o
|
21
|
21
|
|
Coral snake |
Simoselaps australis |
11
|
23
|
28
|
5
|
o
|
17
|
21
|
|
Desert banded snake |
Simoselaps bertholdi |
7
|
18
|
21
|
4
|
o
|
14
|
16
|
|
Black-naped snake |
Simoselaps bimaculatus |
14
|
29
|
34
|
4
|
o
|
22
|
26
|
|
Black-striped snake |
Simoselaps calonotus |
10
|
21
|
22
|
4
|
o
|
16
|
17
|
|
Narrow-banded snake |
Simoselaps fasciolatus |
12
|
26
|
29
|
5
|
o
|
20
|
22
|
|
No common name |
Simoselaps incinctus |
10
|
25
|
27
|
|
o
|
19
|
20
|
|
West coast banded snake |
Simoselaps littoralis |
7
|
16
|
24
|
4
|
o
|
12
|
18
|
|
Northern shovel-nosed snake |
Simoselaps roperi |
11
|
26
|
28
|
3
|
o
|
20
|
21
|
|
Half-girdled snake |
Simoselaps semifasciatus |
10
|
24
|
27
|
3
|
o
|
18
|
20
|
|
No common name |
Simoselaps warro |
14
|
29
|
34
|
5
|
o
|
22
|
26
|
|
Carpentaria whipsnake |
Suta boschmai |
18
|
37
|
41
|
8
|
v
|
28
|
31
|
|
Dwyer's black-headed snake |
Suta dwyeri |
13
|
31
|
29
|
3
|
v
|
23
|
22
|
|
Rosen's snake |
Suta fasciata |
12
|
38
|
39
|
4
|
v
|
29
|
29
|
|
Little whipsnake |
Suta flagellum |
11
|
28
|
28
|
4
|
v
|
21
|
21
|
|
Gould's black-headed snake |
Suta gouldii |
11
|
34
|
30
|
4
|
v
|
26
|
23
|
|
Monk snake |
Suta monachus |
13
|
34
|
30
|
3
|
v
|
26
|
23
|
|
Black-backed snake |
Suta nigriceps |
15
|
38
|
34
|
4
|
v
|
29
|
26
|
|
Black-striped snake |
Suta nigrostriatus |
13
|
39
|
36
|
6
|
v
|
29
|
27
|
|
Little spotted snake |
Suta punctata |
12
|
36
|
34
|
4
|
v
|
27
|
26
|
|
Krefft's snake |
Suta spectabilis |
14
|
30
|
27
|
3
|
v
|
23
|
20
|
|
Curl snake |
Suta suta |
15
|
44
|
39
|
5
|
v
|
33
|
29
|
|
Rough-scaled snake |
Tropidechis carinatus |
16
|
68
|
67
|
10
|
v
|
51
|
50
|
|
Bandy-bandy |
Vermicella annulata |
17
|
40
|
54
|
8
|
o
|
30
|
41
|
|
|
|
|
Hydrophiidae |
|
|
|
|
Eydoux's seasnake |
Aipysurus eydouxii |
23
|
|
4
|
v
|
|
|
Olive seasnake |
Aipysurus laevis |
35
|
78
|
85
|
3
|
v
|
59
|
64
|
|
Stokes' seasnake |
Astrotia stokesii |
|
82
|
85
|
12
|
v
|
62
|
64
|
|
Major's seasnake |
Disteria major |
|
88
|
94
|
5
|
v
|
66
|
71
|
|
Beaked seasnake |
Enhydrina schistosa |
25
|
80
|
95
|
18
|
v
|
60
|
71
|
|
Bar-bellied seasnake |
Hydrophis elegans |
|
140
|
150
|
|
v
|
105
|
113
|
|
Hardwicke's seasnake |
Lapemis hardwickii |
31
|
84
|
79
|
3
|
v
|
63
|
59
|
|
Yellow-bellied seasnake |
Pelamis platurus |
25
|
62
|
66
|
4
|
v
|
47
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
Laticaudidae |
|
|
|
|
Sea krait |
Laticauda colubrina |
28
|
73
|
107
|
6
|
o
|
55
|
80
|
|
Sea krait |
Laticauda laticaudata |
|
71
|
78
|
3
|
o
|
53
|
59
|
|
|
|
|
Typhlopidae |
|
|
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops affinis |
10
|
21
|
25
|
3
|
o
|
16
|
19
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops australis |
9
|
24
|
31
|
7
|
o
|
18
|
23
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus |
10
|
24
|
32
|
6
|
o
|
18
|
24
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops ligatus |
9
|
24
|
31
|
8
|
o
|
18
|
23
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens |
12
|
32
|
42
|
9
|
o
|
24
|
32
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops pinguis |
9
|
29
|
33
|
5
|
o
|
22
|
25
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus |
9
|
2
|
37
|
7
|
o
|
2
|
28
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops proximus |
11
|
26
|
42
|
13
|
o
|
20
|
32
|
|
Blindsnake |
Ramphotyphlops weidii |
9
|
20
|
24
|
4
|
o
|
15
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|